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FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea spent his Saturday morning painting with children with special needs in Dallas. It was part of Challenge Air, which has enriched the lives of children and youth with special needs through its unique aviation programs. While the children waited for their respective turns to fly in a plane, Shea, who in his spare time has his own art studio – Left Foot Studio, worked with the children on their own artwork.

FC Dallas midfielder Daniel Hernandez appeared on FOX4's Good Day this morning to promote the Blue Goose Charity Case-a-Dilla that is currently benefiting the FC Dallas Foundation. From each order of the special quesadilla at all area Blue Goose Cantina's, a dollar goes toward the Hernandez All-Stars FC Dallas Field in West Dallas. Watch the segment from Monday morning below:

The MLS Playoffs begin the semifinal round tonight with all four series playing Leg One at some point over the weekend. Friday night is Seattle vs RSL (9 p.m. CT on NBC Sports Network). Saturday features D.C. United hosting New York (7 p.m. CT on NBC Sports Network). Sunday has two matches: Houston vs Kansas City (2:30 p.m. on NBC) and LA Galaxy vs San Jose (8 p.m. CT on ESPN).

In other words, lots of playoff soccer to keep you entertained. Here are the FCDallas.com staff picks and a chance for you to vote on who will win each Leg One match:

George John is still in the lead after Week Eight of Futbol and Football - but just barely. Feel free to make your own picks in the comments section and see how you do compared to members of the FC Dallas family.

The wild card round concludes tonight in the 2012 MLS Playoffs with the Western Conference Wild Card match between the Galaxy and Whitecaps (9:30 p.m. CT on NBC Sports Network). Each round we give you the FCDallas.com staff picks & let you the fans vote on who you think will win.

The MLS Playoffs start tonight with the Eastern Conference Wild Card match between Chicago and Houston (8 p.m. CT on ESPN2). Each round we will give you the FCDallas.com staff picks & let you the fans vote on who you think will win.

The mysterious voters behind the MLS Power Rankings have FC Dallas at No. 13 in the final rankings of 2012. Here's what the voters had to say:

The Power Rankings Politburo would like to know why, exactly, none of the FCD youngsters got a run-out against Chivas in the season finale. Jonathan Top, Ruben Luna, Brian Leyva, etc. etc. etc. … these are all guys who could have used the experience and have shown talent in the brief time they spent on the pitch. Disappointing.